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Creating High-Quality Preschool: New Ideas for Supporting Early Learning Programs - Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET
A live, interactive teleconference on how schools and school districts
can create and fund high-quality pre-school programs.
School districts and communities across America are working together to meet the challenge to expand learning opportunities for young children. Parents and policymakers know recent research says that all children, even in the earliest months of their lives, have an amazing ability to learn. Some imaginative public schools systems are placing a powerful and sustained focus on the early years of children’s lives - before they attend kindergarten. But the need remains to provide high-quality pre-school programs for all, using immediately available resources.
This teleconference will suggest ways that schools and districts can use existing federal funds - including monies from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title One program - to make a substantial investment in pre-school programs. Using real examples, the program will explore ways to creatively combine these funds with state and local monies and develop partnerships to serve young children. Representatives from the U.S. Department of Education will be available to take questions live during the program.
SEND YOUR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE!
Fax questions to 202-205-0676 or email to OIIA_Satellite_Town_Meeting@ed.gov by Nov. 14th at noon Eastern time. OR, during the program, watch for a 1-800 number on the screen.
PROGRAM WORKING OUTLINE
Programs Times And Details Are Subject To Change.
4:00 p.m.
OPENING VIDEO: The challenge to create quality preschools
4:05 p.m.
DISCUSSION: Why discuss early learning programs?
Presenter : Naomi Karp, Director, Early Childhood Institute, OERI
4:15 p.m.
FEDERAL FUNDS I: Using Title I funds for preschool programs
Presentation: Specifics on how funds may and may not be used to support
Disclaimer
Permission: Teleconferences produced by the U.S. Department of Education are in the public domain. Use, duplication, and distribution are free and unrestricted. Thank You !
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